Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44797, Nathaniel Edwards, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born.
Edwards, Nathaniel
S. 44797
{ B.L. W. 659-200 - sent Issued Dec. 14, 1792 to Nathl. Edwards No papers
CONTENTS

18,496.
New York.
Nathaniel Edwards,
of Saratoga Co in the State of New York, who was a Lieut in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley of the Connecticut line, for the term of 1 year.
Died March 2, 1825
Inscribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on 1st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of Feb. 1822. and sent to Hon. J. W. Taylor House of Reps!
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1821.  $ 816.00    Semi-annual all'ce ending March 22.  120.00    10 months  200.00    24  480.00    20.  400.00  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1 st May 1820

Isaac Edwards
Affidavit
J. G. Calhoun
Sut n Wm
Nathaniel Edwards did not serve mine at any period of the war, on the Continental Establish- ment - The claim is rejected -
N. Edwards received bounty land. This is proof that he served to the end of the war, or was a supernumerary, or cont. Estab- lishment: of course entitled to a pension

State of New York Senatoyga County
On this Second day of October 1810 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Senatoyga and State of New York personally came Isaac Edwards who being sworn duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that Nathaniel Edwards his Father by declaration or Affidavit wherein unto annexed was absent from his family at the time stated in his said affidavit and it was then the common report and understanding that he was in the Army of the revolutionary war and a prisoner with the enemy the length of time stated in his said declaration and that he the said Nathaniel did receive a Land Warrant for two hundred acres of Land for his services in the revolutionary war which this deponent frequently saw and that his said Father conversed with him about giving a Letter of Attorney to John Thompson Esq r then a representative to Congress to sell said Land Warrant and that his Father did receive money which he said was for the Land Warrant and which he this deponent verily believes to be true. And this deponent further saith that he was in the service with his said Father Nathaniel Edwards the last year of his service in the American revolution and was knowing to his serving one year as therein stated
Sworn to and declared before me the subscriber } Isaac Edwards the day and year aforesaid Salmon Child }
I Salmon Child the Judge aforesaid do certify that I am acquainted with the above named Isaac Edwards and that he sustains a good character and I have no doubt of the truth of the declaration as above made Salmon Child
State of New York Senatoyga County
In testimony that Salmon Child before whom the above affidavit & certificate was made was at the time of making the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County & that the above is his signature I subscribe my name and affix the County Seal the third day of November 1810
Salmon Child Senatoyga County

Nathaniel Edwards relies on his Service under the Commission herewith enclosed for a pension as it was for those services that he received a Land Warrant and treated as being on the Continental Establishment - That he served as he has stated in his declarations and that he received a Land Warrant I have no doubt can be substantiated, but at considerable expense except the Receipt for a Land Warrant can be found in the War Office - The needy circumstances age, and respectability of the old venerable Patriot, forbids a cleric to forward his papers, from his belief that his name will be spared and no further evidence be required
Salmon Child.

State of New-York, } ss. County of SARATOGA, }
ON this twenty ninth day of January 1822 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment. Nathaniel Edwards
aged Eighty three years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that he served as a Lieutenant in Captain Couch's Company of Infantry Colonel Philip Burr Bradley Connecticut line in the year 1776. in the revolutionary war that on the 16 th November of the same year was then a prisoner at Fort Washington & kept a prisoner nearly four years before he was exchanged Previous to which he served from the Commencement of the war - That his original declaration was made on or about the eleventh day of April 1818.
AND I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Nathaniel Edwards
Sworn to and declared on the twenty ninth day of January 1822. in open Court
Thomas Palmer Clerk
I Thomas Palmer - Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga hereby certify that the foregoing Oath - and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is eleven dollars and sixty eight cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 9 th day of February 1822
Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga.

Schedule of all the property Real & Personal of the within named pensioner. So with Real property I have none
Personal -    1 Iron Pot $1.  2 Iron Kettles $3  1 old Brass kettle (very old) $1.50  11.50  cts    1 Span 50 cts.  1 Set tea Cups $2.  1 Sugar bowl 6  1 milk Cup 4  94    1 Case of bottles $1.50.  1 pair hand irons $1.50.  1 pair tongs - 75 cts.  3.75     1 Pall of two small chests $1.  1 small trunk 50 cts.  1 small stove $1.50.  2.25     1 handsaw 75 cts.  1 old chain 50 cts.  1 old Pot worth $5  6.25      $111.68   
Debts now owing by me viz -    Due to Asaph Patters (deceased) estate  $32.27    " " Seth Austin  2.46    " " Edwin C Weed  15.25    " " Mr. Westcott  4.00    " " Silas Gifford  1.00    " " Richard Livermore  1.50    " " Asa C. Barney  15.00     $71.48  
Debts due to me viz -    By Canad Haskins  $6.00    " John Edwards  6.00    " Isaac Edwards  151.83     $163.83  
An other debt due to me by Simon & John Rhodes for a horse sold them by me, and have both become Insolvent and unable to pay the Debt Nathaniel Edwards.

Nathaniel Edwards
To                      Affidavit
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Mr Edwards's service under the enclosed dis- missions will not entitle him to a Pension under the act of 18 th March 1818, which includes, those only who were in the Continental Establishment. Mr E. must produce further evidence of his service as a private - His name is not on the Rolls.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY. }
ON this Eleventh day of April 1816, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, personally appears Nathaniel Edwards aged Seventy nine years, resident in the town of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga in the said state, who
being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That the said Nathaniel Edwards
enlisted in Watertown Litchfield County in the state of Connecticut in the year 1776 in the company commanded by Captain John Couch of Colonel Phillip B. Bradley's Regiment - that he received a Commission as 1st Lieutenant to join the Continental Army on the date of his Commission the 15 th June 1776 that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the 16 th November 76 when he was taken a prisoner at Fort Washington by the British and remained a prisoner (when he was discharged from the Army) until October 1780 when he was exchanged. When he returned home from the service that he was in the battles at Fort Washington and several skirmishes in different places in Rho d Is l and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
And the said Nathaniel Edwards further maketh oath that in eleven days after he returned home from his said captivity he began recruiting for the service and on the 29 th day of January 1781 he received a Captain's Commission from Governor Trumbull by an act of the Assembly of the State of Connecticut for raising a Regiment for the defense of the Port of Housatonic and other parts of the State for one year and that in this department served the said term of year as Captain of one of the companies of said Regiment (and presented to me the said Judge both the said Commission) and made oath the said Commission upon the same under which he performed the above named services
Nathaniel Edwards
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. Salmon Child
I Salmon Child Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathaniel Edwards did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the War Department, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress.
And I do further certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Nathaniel Edwards for above thirty years and that he is a Venerable Worthy & highly respectable Citizen - Greenfield April 25 th 1816 Salmon Child
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss : In testimony that the above named Salmon Child is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, and that the above is his signature, I subscribe my name and affix the county seal, this 28 th day of April 1816
Wm Stillwell } Clerk of the County of Saratoga.

State of New York Saratoga County ss
Saratoga County ss On this Twenty third day of September 1810 Before me the subscriber the Within named judge personally Appears the Within named Nathaniel Edleards who being by me first duly sworn according to Law made oath that he served at Boston in the Revolutionary War in the Campaign of 1775 from the Spring of the year untill the Autumn or begin- -ing of the Winter following as 2 nd Lieut t in the Company commanded by Capt. Caleb Trowbridge, Company belonging to Col. David Worcester Regiment That in the late following he served two months as 2 nd Lieut t in Capt. Thomas Porters Company at the City of New York. That immediately after he Went to recruiting a Company and entered the service under a Commission of First Lieut. the 10 th of June 1776 as stated in the Within Affidavit and that Including the time that he was a prisoner (as With t stated) he served his Country Almost seven years. That he was treated as being in the Continental Estab- -lish When he was taken prisoner and received pay rations &c When a prison- -er and a Land Warrant from the War Office some years after the revolution for two hundred Acres of Land and gave a power of Attorney to John Thompson Esq d then a Representative to Congress to make sale of the same Which he did to some person unknown to him the said Nathaniel Sworn & declared to before me the day & year aforesaid Salmon Child Nathaniel Edleards

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N. F. 44797
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Edwards , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1. 1775 July 15. 1775 Ensign in the Fifth Co. 1st Regiment Conn.   July 15. 1775 Dec. 10. 1775 2 d Lieut Col. John Trumbull David Rootes   Immediately after Dec. 10. 1775 ± 1 mo. " " Phineas Porter Ward   June 10. 1776 Nov. 16. 1776 1 st Lieut John Couch Philip R. Bradley   Taken prisoner at Ft. Washington & held at Long Island until Oct. 30. 1780 when he was exchanged   Jan'y 29. 1781 1 year* Capt. of a Connecticut Regt.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Watertown Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 11. 1818. His ch. al.
Residence at date of application, Greenfield, Saratoga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 79 years. Died Mar. 2. 1825.
Remarks: This son Isaac was a Resident of Saratoga Co. N.Y. in 1818. No other data as to his family.
Respectfully,
* See claim of Isaac Edwards N. F. 25-5-6-8 son of Nathaniel
Commissioner.

October 3, 1938.
Mrs. L. Evelyne Ireland P. O. Box 5 Arden, North Carolina.
BA-J/ILL Nathaniel Edwards S. 44797 Isaac Edwards W. 25558
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your personal request for the Revolutionary War records of Nathaniel Edwards, S. 44797, and Isaac Edwards, W. 25558, father and son.
The records of these two soldiers are furnished you herein.
NATHANIEL EDWARDS-S. 44797.
The data which follow are found in pension claim, S. 44797, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Nathaniel Edwards.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Nathaniel Edwards are not shown.
While residing in Watertown, Connecticut, Nathaniel Edwards entered the service May 1, 1775, served as ensign in the 5 th Company, Captain Caleb Trowbridge, Colonel David Wooster's 1 st Connecticut Regiment; July 15 th 1775, he was commissioned 2 nd lieutenant in the same regiment and served until December 10, 1775: immediately after his return home, he reentered the service as lieutenant in Captain Phineas Porter's Company, Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment and served two months: the following spring, he was engaged in the recruiting service and on June 10, 1776, was commissioned 1 st lieutenant in Captain John Couch's Company, Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut Regiment: he was in several skirmishes and in the engagement at Fort Washington, where he was captured, taken to Long Island and held a prisoner of war until October 30, 1780, when he was exchanged. Eleven days after his return home, he was ordered into the recruiting service and on January 29, 1781, was commissioned by Governor Trumbull captain of a company of Connecticut Troops for the defense of Horse-neck, and continued in this last service for one year.
Nathaniel Edwards was allowed pension on his application

48 74 39 executed April 11, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-nine years, and resided in Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York. In 1819, he resided in Corinth, New York.
Nathaniel Edwards died March 2, 1825, place not shown.
There are no data in regard to this officer's wife.
In 1818, Isaac Edwards made affidavit in Saratoga County, New York, that he served under his father, Nathaniel Edwards, during the Revolutionary War.
In 1851, one William Edwards was a resident of Saratoga County, New York. The name John Edwards appears, also; no relationship between either William or John and the pensioner, Nathaniel Edwards, was shown. -----
ISAAC EDWARDS-W. 25558.
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 25558, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Isaac Edwards.
Isaac Edwards, son of Nathaniel Edwards, was born June 29, 1764, in Waterbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut; the name of his mother is not shown. Isaac stated that his father served during nearly the whole of the Revolutionary War and died in March 1825.
While residing in Waterbury, Connecticut, Isaac Edwards enlisted March 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain Nathaniel Edwards' (his father's) Company under Majors Shipman and Humphrey in the Connecticut Troops and was discharged March 1, 1782. This regiment was raised for the defense of Horseneck.
The soldier stated that after his enlistment, the town of Waterbury was divided into three towns, namely, Waterbury, Watertown and Plymouth. He resided in Watertown until sometime in January 1795, then moved to Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York, where he resided until the spring of 1809, then moved to Hadley (later Corinth), same county and state.

Isaac Edwards was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832, at which time he resided in Corinth, Saratoga County, New York. He died February 18, 1848, at his residence in Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York.
Isaac Edwards married May 20, 1826, Mary Avery. They were married in Saratoga County, New York; she was his second wife. The name of his former wife and the date of that marriage are not shown.
Mary Edwards, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 30, 1854, at which time she was aged seventy-five years; she resided then in Malta, New York.
The soldier's son, James Edwards, resided in Albany, New York, in 1854. It was not stated whether or not he was the son of Mary, or of soldier's former wife.
In 1854, one Edward Edwards lived in Corinth, New York; no relationship to the family was shown.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

April 13, 1935
Miss Kate K. White 1718 Cumberland Knoxville, Tennessee
RA-J/EEH Isaac Edwards-W.25558 Nathaniel Edwards-S.44797
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Isaac Edwards, of Watertown, Connecticut, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The record of Isaac Edwards has been found, also, that of his father, Nathaniel Edwards, and their histories are furnished you herein.
Isaac Edwards W.25558
Isaac Edwards, the son of Nathaniel, was born June 29, 1764, in Waterbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The name of his mother is not shown. Isaac stated that his father served during nearly the whole of the Revolutionary War and died in March, 1825.
While residing at Waterbury, Connecticut, Isaac Edwards enlisted March 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain Nathaniel Edwards' (soldier's father) Company under Majors Shipman and Humphrey in the Connecticut Troops and was discharged March 1, 1782. This regiment was raised for the defence of Horse Neck.
The soldier stated that after his enlistment, the town of Waterbury was divided into three towns, namely Waterbury, Watertown and Plymouth. He resided in Watertown until in January, 1795, then moved to Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York, where he resided until the spring of 1809; then moved to Hadley (later Corinth), same county and state.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832 at which time he was aged sixty-eight years and resided in Corinth, Saratoga County, New York.

Isaac Edwards died February 18, 1848, at his residence in Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York.
The soldier married May 20, 1826, Mary Avery. They were married in Saratoga County, New York, and she was his second wife. The name of his former wife and the date of their marriage are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed May 30, 1854, at which time she was aged seventy-five years and resided in Malta, New York.
Soldier's son, James Edwards, resided in Albany, New York, in 1854. It is not stated whether or not he was the son of Mary or of soldier's former wife.
In 1854, one Edward Edwards lived in Corinth, New York; no relationship to the family was shown.
*****
Nathaniel Edwards S.44797
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Nathaniel Edwards are not shown.
While residing in Watertown, Connecticut, Nathaniel Edwards entered the service May 1, 1775, served as ensign in the 5 th Company, Captain Caleb Trowbridge, Colonel David Wooster's 1 st Connecticut Regiment; July 15, 1775, he was commissioned 2 nd lieutenant in same regiment and served until December 10, 1775; immediately after his return home, he reentered the service as lieutenant in Captain Phineas Porter's Company, Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment and served two months; the following spring he was engaged in the recruiting service and on June 10, 1776 was commissioned 1 st lieutenant in Captain John Couch's Company, Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut Regiment; he was in several skirmishes and in the engagement at Fort Washington, where he was captured, taken to Long Island and held a prisoner of war until October 30, 1780, when he was exchanged. Eleven days after his return home, he was ordered into the recruiting service and on January 29, 1781, was commissioned by Governor Trumbull as captain of a company of Connecticut Troops raised for the defence of Horse Neck, and continued in this last service for one year.
Date of her death not on AB
Service Verified by Com. Pension List Hutman

Nathaniel Edwards was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York. In 1819, he lived in Corinth, New York.
He died March 2, 1825, place not shown.
There are no data in regard to soldier's wife.
In 1818, son Isaac Edwards made affidavit in Saratoga County, New York, that he served under his father during the Revolutionary War.
In 1851, one William Edwards was a resident of Saratoga County, New York. The name John Edwards appears, also; no relationship of either William or John to the soldier, Nathaniel Edwards, was shown, and there are no further family data.
* * * * *
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Bureau of Pensions - Sept. 28 th 1938. Det. Administration Office
Will you please send me the Re- tra- records and all data connected with the pension received by Nathaniel Edwards. (P. #4797) and his son Isaac Edwards - (M. 25558.)
(Mrs.) L. Evelyn Ireland Asheville N.C. P.O. Box 5 -
Permanent address - after Oct. 15 - 141 N.W. 26 th Avenue. Miami Florida.
Visitor.

3-082. (Old No. 3-469.)
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Application No. _____
Certificate No. _____
NAME OF SOLDIER, _____
Co. _____, _____ Reg't. _____
INFORMATION DESIRED.
Revolutionary Service
Capt Nathaniel Edwards
Conn. Service
For - Alfred Lady - To Date
Mr Warner Can you - send this down within a day or so to Mrs Lady and call France

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33 Maple St. Florence Mass.
May 10-16.
Pension Dept. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- Will you kindly send me the Pension record of Capt. Nathaniel Edwards. of Conn.
Yours truly
Mrs. E. Van Buskirk.

03 - Skist to through Mr. Pearce
44797 Rev INVALID.
File No. 44,797 Nathaniel Edwards Lieut. Rev. War.
Act: 18" March 1818
Index: — Vol. 3 , Page 148
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov. 19 Alfred Cady. per
1916 May 13 Hist. to Mrs. G. Van Buskirk.
1935-Apr 13 - Hist to Miss Kate K. White Letter in case of Isaac Edwards H. 28558-882
Oct. 3 - Hist. to Mrs. Evelyn Ireland - w. L. C. 47
2.

JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire,
Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of the English Colony of CONNECTICUT, in NEW-ENGLAND, in AMERICA.
To:
Nathaniel Edwards
GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this Colony appointed to be first Lieutenant of a Company and to be in the Continental Army now ordered to be raised for the Defence of this Colony , reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I do, by Virtue of the Laws of this Colony, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you the said Nathaniel Edwards to be first Lieutenant you are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a first Lieutenant in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service aforesaid, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline, hereby commanding them to obey you as their first Lieutenant and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of said Colony, for the Time being, or other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of this Colony, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
Given under my Hand, and the public Seal of said Colony, at Hartford the 10 th .
Day of June Anno Domini, 1776.
By His Honor's Command,
George Wyllys Sec'ry.
Jon. Trumbull

Colony of Connecticut. }
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire,
Captain General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America.
To Nathaniel Edwards GREETING :
44 797
BY Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given, in and by the ROYAL CHARTER, to the Governor and Company of the said Colony, under the Great Seal of England, I DO, by these Presents, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, constitute and appoint you, the said Nathaniel Edwards to be Ensign of the fifth Company in the sixth Regiment of the Inhabitants, inlisted and assembled for the special Defence and Safety of His Majesty's said Colony. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of an Ensign in leading, ordering and exercising said Company, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service aforesaid, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; hereby commanding them to obey you as their Ensign and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Me or the receive from Me, or the Commander in Chief of the said Colony for the Time being, or other your superior Officers, according to Military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you..
GIVEN under my Hand, and the public Seal of the said Colony, at Hartford the first Day of May in the 15th Year of the Reign of His Majesty King GEORGE the Third, Annoque Domini, 1775.
By His Honor's Command George Wyllys Secy
Jon. Trumbull

JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire, Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the STATE of CONNECTICUT, in AMERICA.
To Nathaniel Edwards GENT. GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this State accepted to be Captain of a Company in a Regiment raised by His Excellency for the defence of the West of Housatuck and other parts of this State against the Enemy at their Seizure in Novemr 1780 reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I DO by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the said Company into your Care and Charge as their Captain carefully and diligently to discharge that Office and Trust, exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the use of their Arms, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of this State, keeping them in good Order and Government, and commanding them to obey you as their Captain and you are to observe all such Orders and Directions as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from Me, or from other your superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the public Seal of this State, at Hartford the 20 th Day of January A. D. 1781
By His Excellency's Command,
George Wyllys Secretary.
Jonathan Trumbull

  8 8.50  4.15  8.80  8.07 ½  1.25    6.16  9.47  9.04 ½  5.04  7.60    6.57 ½  13.62  17.90 ½  13.11 ½  1.31    7.00     10.16    28.53 ½        13.62  5.21  0.70  0.67     17.90 ½  1.55  1.62 ½  1.07     13.11 ½  2.75  1.14  1.74     10.16  1.95  1.35 ½      11.52  11.52  2.17      11.87   0.33      1.74   2.52      108.46 ½   11.81    

J. L. Edwards Esq

House of Representatives
Dec. 6 th 1821
Sir
I have this morning rec d a note from Mr Cutting that he is informed by Mr Stuart that when the claim of Capt. Edwards for a Pension was rejected No record was known to exist exhibiting that officer's name as one of the Supernumeraries - That as the Treasury register is deemed authentic Mr Edwards considered the case subject to revision & that the Pension may probably be allowed -
Capt Edwards is known to me - He is wholly destitute of the means of support & indeed for several years has been supported by the assistance of his relations who are also poor - He is more than Eighty years old, & has always maintained the reputation of honesty & temperance - He served & suffered long & I hope he may be found entitled to a Pension -
Very respectfully yours &c
John W. Taylor
J. L. Edwards Esq

Edwards
To see pension papers of Capt Nathl Edwards a new York pensioner Act 1818.
H. Jr Aug 6. '51
Ex by Thos Ewing Jr Aug 12. 51

Know all men by these presents, That I William Edwards of the County of Saratoga and State of New York have constituted and appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint, THOMAS EWING, Jr., of Washington City, my true and lawful attorney, irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States all such sum or sums of money as may be due me on any account whatsoever.
to examine the papers on file in the pension Department - in which Capt Nathaniel Edwards drew a pension under the Act of 1818. And to present & prosecute the claims of his heirs for an additional pension and to receive the pension certificates should any be issued
and in my name to execute such receipts and acquittances for the same as may be necessary, and generally to do all lawful acts and things touching the premises; and an attorney or attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure to revoke; hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises, by virtue of these presents.
Three horizontal lines for signature, with a large cursive 'S' written across them.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25 day of July 185 1 .
William Edwards ***** SEAL. *****
State of New York County of Saratoga } to wit:
On this 26 th day of July 185 1 , William Edwards personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.
John Gifford J. P. ***** SEAL. *****
State of New York County of Saratoga } to wit:
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That John Gifford Esq., before whom the above acknowledgment was made, and who has hereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Court, for the County aforesaid, this 28 day of July 185 1 .
James W. Boston Clerk.

From the Committee on Land in preparation of the papers in the office Summary statements of the petition of
Math e Edwards
Dec r 21. 1820
Ref d to the form on Revolutionary Pensions
See report
Jan y . 14. 1820
Report - leave to with d see report S. Gase Sal.
Shortly after Rev. was Mr Hillhouse got for Capt Edwards his bounty Land of 200 acres as a Lieut. His discharge for a Pension was rejected because he was not Continental - How did he get his land? If rightfully he must have been continental - See if he did get land & in form J.W. Taylor
(N.B. Mr Stewart will please return this Parcel to N.C. with proper notes.)
Nov r 30 th 1821.

In the petition of Nathaniel Edwards
The petitioner states that on the first of May 1775 he entered into the service of the Revolution as an Ensign in a Company Commanded by Capt. Caleb Frobridge Col. Worcester Regt of the Connecticut Troops that he served as an Ensign in said Company until the 15 th of July in the same year at which time he rec d a Commission of 2 d Lieut. and served as such in said Company until the 10 th day of Dec r following when he was discharged from that service. That immediately thereafter he returned to his residence in Watertown Connecticut, when he was ordered to the city of New York to serve as Lieut. in the Company Commanded by Capt. [blank] in Col. Ward Regt of Col. forces where he served two months and was again discharged - That in the Spring of 1776 he was ordered to the recruiting service, and on the 10 th day of June in that year he rec d a Commission as first Lieut. in a Company Commanded by Capt. John Cortright in Col. Bradlys Regt of the Connecticut line, that he was directed by his Commission to join the Continental Army then at New York - that he served in said Company until the 16 th of Nov r of the same year when he was taken prisoner by the British at Fort Washington, and was kept a prisoner of war in the city of New York & Long Island until the 30 th of October 1780 at which time he was exchanged -

To the Honorable The Senate & House of Representatives of the United States
The Petition of Nathaniel Edwards of the County of Saratoga & State of New York humbly sheweth, That on the first day of in the May in the year 1775 he entered into the service of the revolution as an Ensign in the Company Commanded by Captain Caleb Trowbridge Colonel Worcester's Regiment of the Connecticut Troops and that he served as an Ensign in said Company until the 15 th day of July of the same year, at which time he received a Commission of Second Lieutenant and served as such at Boston in said Company until the 10 th day of December following, when he was dischar- ged from that service. That immediately thereafter this Petitioner returned to his residence in Watertown in the State of Connecticut, when he was ordered to the City of New York to serve as a Lieutenant in the Company Commanded by Captain Phineas Porter in Colonel Ward's Regiment of the Connecticut Troops and that he served two months in said Company when he was discharged in the said City - That in the Spring of 1776 he this petitioner was ordered to the recruiting service and on the tenth of June of that year he re- ceived a Commission as first Lieutenant and entered the service as such Officer in the Com- pany Commanded by Capt. John Colonel Bradleys Regiment

of the Connecticut line, and that your petitioner was directed by said Commission to join the Continental Army then at New York - That he served in said company until the 16 th day of November of the same year, when he was taken prisoner by the British at Fort Washington and was kept a prisoner of war in the City of New York and Long Island until the 30 th day of October in the year 1780. at which time he was exchanged - That on the 29 th day of January 1781 your petitioner received a Captain's Commission and served one year in the State Troops of Connecticut; During the greater part of which time your petitioner served with the Continental Army in the State of New York - And your petitioner fur- ther sheweth unto your Honorable Bodies, that during the time he so remained as a prisoner aforesaid he received his clothing and other articles of necessity from the Continental Government - And your petitioner further sheweth, that for his services in the Revolution he received a Land Warrant from the General Government for two hundred acres of land - Which said Land Warrant your petitioner sold some time after he received the same - And your Petitioner further sheweth, that he is now in the Eighty second year of his age and is in indigent and re- duced circumstances in life - And that your pe- titioner on the 11 th of April 1818 made an application to the

To the Honorable the Secretary of War for the purpose of obtaining a pension according to the act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" - And that his said application was rejected because he did not serve nine months at any period of the Revolutionary War on the Continental Establishment -
Your petitioner therefore humbly prays, that your Honorable Body will take into consideration his services & sufferings and distresses, and the sufferings and distresses of his infant family while he was such prisoner, and grant relief unto your aged petitioner by passing an Act placing your petitioner on the Pension Roll as an officer from the date of his application to the Secre- tary of War -
And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray -
Dated Corinth Nov. 9 th 1819 -
Nathaniel Edwards

Saratoga County & State of New York ss Nathaniel Edwards of the Town of Corinth & said County of Saratoga being duly sworn doth depose & say that the facts set forth and stated in the within Petition are true, and further saith not -
Nathaniel Edwards
Sworn to before me the 22 d day of November
Zebedee Hopper { Justice
1819-
Payson 3. 21 Rev.
Claim of Nathaniel Edwards
Petition
Decr 21 - 1819
Ref d to the Committee on Revolut y Pensions. -

Nathaniel Edwards now residing in Greenfield, county of Saratoga and State of New York, Deposeth and saith That he received an Ensigns commission Dated first of May Domini 1775. Signed Jon th Trumbull Governor of the State of Connecticut, and Served in the State Continental Service in the fifth company, in the first Regiment - against the common Enemy under the aforesaid commission untill the fifteenth day of July Domini 1775 at which time he received a 2 d Lieutenants commission from the Governor aforesaid, in the company, & Regiment aforesaid and served in the State service under sd. commission against the common Enemy untill the tenth day of June Domini 1776 at which time he received a first Lieutenants commission from the Governor aforesaid then ordered to be raised and to join the Continental Army then at New York which he joined accordingly, and continued with the Army under Col. Phillip Bradley, and on the sixteenth day of November 1776. was taken Prisoner at fort Washington taken to New York, & from that to Long Island where he remained a Prisoner untill the thirtieth day of October 1780, on which day he was exchanged, and in Eleven days returned home where he remained on duty untill the twenty ninth day of January 1781 at which time he received a Captains commission, from the Governor aforesaid to command a company in a Regiment raised by Act of Assembly for the Defence of the Port of Horse Neck and other parts of the State against the Enemy (Passed their session in November 1780) and continued in service one year, from that Date Nathaniel Edwards
Sworn April 11 th 1810
Before me Salomon Child first } Judge of Saratoga County Court, Pleas }